Child s carriage attachment



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P. AUSTIN. GHILDS GARRIAGE ATTACHMENT.

No. 406,330. Patented July 2, 1889.

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P. AUSTIN.

OHILDS CARRIAGE ATTACHMENT.

No. 406,330. Patented July 2., 1889 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAULINE AUSTIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

CHILDS CARRIAGE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,330, dated July 2,1889.

Application filed March 21, 1889. Serial No. 304,183. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known-that I, PAULINE AUSTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohilds CarriageAttachments, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My improvement is intended to provide childrens carriages with a safetyattachment designed to allow the child perfect freedom of motion withincertain limits and the read y removal of the child from the carriage.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts, hereinafter more particularly described, and thendefinitely pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of acarriage provided with my attachment in position, and Fig. 2 aperspective view of the belt.

Referring now to the details of the drawings, A represents the carriage,and B a belt, having a clasp O, of any suitable kind, but preferablyprovided with a clamp c, by which it may be adjusted at any suitableplace on the belt to accommodate the belt to the varying size ofchildren. The belt proper may be an ordinary straight belt; but I preferto make it with downwardly-proj ecting points or tabs 1), from each ofwhich projects a strap D, having holes (1 to receive the tongue of abuckle E, attached to a short strap F, carrying a snap-hook G. Theobject of the buckles is to allow of the adjustment of the snap-hooks atany desired distance from the belt to suit the varying size of children,and the snaphooks are intended to be used to catch into rings attachedto some part of the carriage.

If a basket or rat-tan carriage is used, a strap H may be used to fastena ring [to the carriage. There the carriage is upholstered, a ring J maybe sewed to the upholstering, and a common screw-eye and ring may beused, as shown at K, where such a' mode of fastening would be mostconvenient. These different fastenlngs are shown as specimens of thekind that may be used, at the discretion of the manufacturer; but I donot intend to limit myself to these, as others may be employed.

WVith this attachment a child may be firmly secured, so that he cannotpossibly fall or climb out, and yet not be confined in such a manner asto make the belt and its connections irksome to him. At the same timethe child may be instantly released from the belt, or the belt may bedetached from the carriage by means of the snap-hooks.

If it is desired to let the child sleep in the carriage, it can be doneby unsnapping the rear straps and, if found necessary, adjusting thefront ones by means of the buckles, and the child will then be safelysecured should he chance to waken while not being watched.

I am aware that it is not new to provide childrens carriages andbaby-walkers with straps designed to hold children therein, and do notclaim this, broadly.

My invention possesses advantages not possessed by devices of this kindheretofore employed. One of these advantages is the use of snap-hooks onthe ends of the straps, by which the belts can be instantly detachedfrom the carriage and as quickly fastened therein.

A second advantage is the use of the short straps F, by which, inconjunction with the adjusting-buckles, the length of the connectionbetween the child and the carriage can be adjusted as desired, to allowthe use of the belt whether the child is sitting up or lying down.

A third advantage is the use of the points I) on the belt proper, towhich the straps D are attached, which allows of the belt being tightlysecured to the body of the child without the ends of the strapsirritating him, as they would if attached to the straight part of thebelt, and besides this the points present a more ornamental appearancethan a plain belt.

That I claim as new is 1. An attachment for childrens carriages,consisting of the belt B, having points I), a buckle O, and the frontand rear straps connected to the points b and each having a snap-hook atits free end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof- I affix my signature, in presence of two\vit11esses,tl1is 18th dayof IO March, 1889.

' PAULINE AUSTIN.

' \Vitnesses:

ABRAHAM HALSTED, DAVID H. RAMSEY.

